Frederik Parton studied International Economics at the University of Paderborn and graduated with a Master of Science degree in 2009.

After completing his studies, he was initially employed as a project manager at the Regionalmarketinginitiative Münsterland e.V., where he implemented the "Regionales Entwicklungskonzept Münsterland".

From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Parton worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Applied Statistics and Empirical Social Research at the FernUniversität Hagen. His research focus was the economic application of Generalized Autoregressive Score Models.

Since April 2018 he is working at the GWS’s department for Economic and Social Affairs.